Bluetongue Stakeholder Group
Stakeholder meetings provide a mechanism for direct communication between the Scottish Government and stakeholders, particularly in disseminating current issues to their membership and providing a sounding board to inform policy development and implementation.
A well established Animal Health and Welfare stakeholder group meets regularly to discuss a range of issues but where a more focussed approach is required sub-groups may be established to deal with specific issues. A Bluetongue Stakeholders group has been formed to deal with issues surrounding the Bluetongue virus. The minutes from these meetings can be accessed at the links at the foot of this page.
Stakeholder group minutes
Joint Statement
Veterinary presentation
Blue zone background presentation
Blue zone Economics presentation
Note of Blue zone surveillance costs and assumptions
Meeting on 15th April 2009 also available in PDF
Presentation, Introduction to bluezones ( PDF format)
Meeting on 15th January 2009
Meeting on 16th September 2008 also available in PDF
Presentation, Zoning (PDF format)
Presentation, bluetongue maps (PDF format)
Agreed industry statement
Meeting on 26 August 2008
Meeting on 23rd June 2008
Presentation, Assessing the economic impact of different Bluetongue virus incursion scenarios in Scotland (PDF format) presented by SAC
Cattle movements based on kill data for 2007 Imports from England and Wales presented by QMS
Meeting on 9th April 2008
Meeting on 7th March 2008 also available in PDF
Meeting on 18th January 2008 also available in PDF
Meeting on 7th January 2008 also available in PDF
Meeting on 6th December 2007 also available in PDF
Meeting on 8th November 2007 also available in PDF
The minutes of meetings between the Scottish Government and stakeholders on specific issues:
Meeting on 5th June 2008, discussion of animal movement issues with IAAS.
Meeting on 22nd May 2008, vaccine delivery issues with veterinary practitioners and wholesalers.
Farmers' Meetings
The Scottish Government worked in full co-operation with stakeholder groups including NFU Scotland, the National Beef Association, Scottish Beef Cattle Association, National Sheep Association and the Scottish Agricultural College, to hold a series of farmers' meetings across Scotland in November and December 2008. These meetings took place:
November
• 10, at 8pm in the Ayre Hotel, Orkney
• 17, at 7:30pm in the Buccleuch Arms Hotel, St Boswell
• 18, at 7:30pm at Ayr Racecourse, Ayr
• 20, at 7:30pm at McDairmid Park, Perth
• 24, at 7:30pm at Lanark Agricultural Centre, Lanark
• 27, at 7:30pm in the Urr Valley Hotel, Castle Douglas
December
• 01, at 7:30pm in the Shetland Hotel, Shetland
• 02, at 7:30pm Video Conference for the Inner Hebrides
• 08, at 7:30pm in Thainstone Agricultural Centre, Inverurie
• 09, at 7:30pm, Shinty Club, Portree, Skye
• 10, at 7:30pm in the Portland Arms Hotel, Lybster, Caithness
• 11, at 7:30pm in the Newton Hotel, Nairn